Non-refillable bottle.



G. W. WOOD.

N 0N -REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE s, 1910.

Patented Feh.28, 1911.

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GEORGE WM. WOOD, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE XV. lVooD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable `Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles, thc object of the invention being to provide improvements which may be permanently fixed in the neck of the bottle after the bottle is filled, which will allow the liquid to be poured out through the neck of the bottle but which will prevent any refilling thereof.

A further object is to provide an improved bottle of this character of extreme-ly simple inexpensive construction, which will prevent the valve or closure being tampered with, and which will prevent the relilling of the bottle when the latter is held in any position.

lith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure li, is a fragmentary view in longitudinal section illustrating my improvements, and Fig. 2, is a view in elevation `of the baille..

l, represents a bottle, and 2 the neck thereon, the internal diameter of which is enlarged near the upper end of the neck as illustrated at 3, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

A tubular valve casing 4 of less diameter than the internal diameter of the neck, is located in the neck and is provided in its lowered end with an opening 5, normally closed by a ball valve 6, the end of said casing being rounded or beveled, as illustrated at 7, to guide the ball 6 into position in the opening 5, it being understood, of course, that the ball is of greater diameter than the o-pening, and serves to ei'l'ectually close the same.

8, represents my improved baille which is of general cylindrical form throughout the greater portion of its length and at its lower closed end gradually reduces in diameter, as illustrated. In this reduced diameter of the baille, openings 9 are formed by pressing inwardly tongues l0, said Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8,

, tongues serving to guard the openings from any instrument inserted through the bottle neck. The valve casing 7, and the cylindrical portion of the baille 8 come tightly together. ln other words, the external diameter of the baille is approximately the sama as the internal diameter of the upper end of the valve easing, the latter being reduced in diameter at this point, and the upper ends of both the valve easing and the baille are flared outward as illustrated at 10a.

The lower end of the valve casing is provided with an annular groove Iii, in which a gasket l2 is seated, said gasket snugly fitting within the neck of the bottle. A coiled spring i3 is positioned between the lower end of baille 8 and the ball valve 6, and holds the ball normally in position to close the opening 5. This spring i8 is a weak spring, and is only of suflicient strength to overcome the weight of the bali, so thatl when the bottle is -inverted and empty, the spring will hold the ball in its closed position, preventing any liquid from being forced upward through the neck of the bottle. lt is not, however, strong enough to hold back liquid in the bottle, so thatthe latter may be easily poured out.

lVhen the bottle is iilled, and the valve casing with the parts therein inserted in the neck of the bottle to the position illustrated, a liquid cement iet is poured into the neck of the bottle around the outside of casing l. The downward ilow of cement is stopped by the gasket l2, and the entire space between the casing and the bottle neck is filled with this cement which soon hardens, and owing to the increased internal diameter of the neck, illustrated at 3, and the decreased external diameter of the casing, illust ated at l5, the cement forms a key which etl'ectually locks the valve casing within the neck, the baille being locked in the casing by reason `of the reduced diameters above referred to. As the valve casing and the batlle are preferably of metal, this reduction of their diameters can be readily effected after the baille is inserted within the casing. An ordinary stopper' i6 lits within the upper end of the baille, and serves as a closure, which is desirable in packing and shipping.

the general form and arrangement of parts described Without departing from my in- Various slight changes might be made in .vention7 and hence I do not limit mif'selt to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit x the combination with a bottle and a neck and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a device of the character described, the combination with a bottle and a neck thereon, of a valve casing located within the neck, sealing material between the casing and the neck, a baffle located within the casing, and curved concentrically within the casing throughout a portion of its length, said casing having an opening in its lower end, a ball normally closing said opening, and a spring between the end of said baflie and said ball, substantially as described.

Q. In a device of the character described, the combination with a bottle and a neck thereon, of a valve casing located within the neck, and having an opening in its lower eind, said 'casing having an annular groove around its lower end, a gasket in said groove snugly fitting within the neck of the bottle, a ballyconstructed to close the opening in the end of the casing, a baffle in said casing of cylindrical form and curved concentrically within the casing throughout a portion of its length and having a closed end gradually reducing in diameter, said bafiie at said reduced diameter having openings therein, tongues projecting inwardly over said openings, a spring between the lower end of said baiile and said ball, and a filling of cement between said casing and said neck, substantially as described.

In a device of the character described,

thereon, of a valve casing located wit-hin the neck, and having an opening in its lower end, said casing having an annular groove around its lower end, a gasket in said groove snuglv fitting within the neck of the bottle,

a ball constructed to close the opening in the end of the casing, a baffle in said casing of cylindrical form and curved concentrically within the casing throughout a portion of' its lengt-h and having a closed end 50 gradually reducing in diameter, said baflie. at said reduced diameter having openings therein, tongnes projecting inwardly over said openings, a spring between the lower end of said baffle and said ball, said baiiie and said casing reduced in diameter throughout a portion of their length and snugly fitting each other, said neck having its internal diameter increased at a point opposite the decreased diameter of the cas- G0 ing and baille, and a filling of cement between said casing and said neck, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE WM. IVOOD. Witnesses M. R. Po'r'rs, C. IE. Po'r'rs.

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Washington, D. C. 

